English-Thai Dictionary

assuage

VT ทำให้ สงบ ลง  calm tham-hai-sa-ngob-long

 

assuage

VT ระงับ  ขจัด  กำจัด  ทำให้ เบา ลง  lessen allay relieve ra-ngab

 

assuagement

N การ ทำให้ บรรเทา ลง  kan-tam-hai-ban-tao-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSUAGE

v.t. To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen, as pain or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. In strictness, it signifies rather to moderate, than to quiet, tranquilize or reduce to perfect peace or ease.

 

ASSUAGE

v.i.To abate or subside. The waters assuaged. Genesis 8:1.
But I apprehend the sense is, the waters were checked; Heb.

 

ASSUAGED

pp. Allayed; mitigated; eased; appeased.

 

ASSUAGEMENT

n.Mitigation; abatement.

 

ASSUAGER

n.One who allays; that which mitigates or abates.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSUAGE

As *suage ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuaging. ]Etym: [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See Sweet. ]

 

Defn: To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge. Byron.

 

Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.

 

ASSUAGE

ASSUAGE As *suage ", v. i.

 

Defn: To abate or subside. [Archaic ] "The waters assuaged. " Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe.

 

ASSUAGEMENT

As *suage "ment, n. Etym: [OF. assouagement, asuagement.]

 

Defn: Mitigation; abatement.

 

ASSUAGER

ASSUAGER As *sua "ger, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, assuages.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assuage

as suage |əˈswāj əˈsweɪʤ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (an unpleasant feeling ) less intense: the letter assuaged the fears of most members. • satisfy (an appetite or desire ): an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge. DERIVATIVES as suage ment noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French assouagier, asouagier, based on Latin ad- ‘to ’ (expressing change ) + suavis ‘sweet. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

assuage

assuage |əˈsweɪdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (an unpleasant feeling ) less intense: the letter assuaged the fears of most members. • satisfy (an appetite or desire ): an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge. DERIVATIVES assuagement noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French assouagier, asouagier, based on Latin ad- ‘to ’ (expressing change ) + suavis ‘sweet ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

assuage

assuage verb 1 a pain that could never be assuaged: relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate, allay, palliate, abate, suppress, subdue; moderate, lessen, diminish, reduce. ANTONYMS aggravate. 2 her hunger was quickly assuaged: satisfy, gratify, appease, fulfill, indulge, relieve, slake, sate, satiate, quench, check. ANTONYMS intensify. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See alleviate . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

assuage

assuage verb 1 an aching pain that could never be assuaged: relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate, dampen, allay, calm, palliate, abate, lull, temper, suppress, smother, stifle, subdue, tranquillize, mollify, moderate, modify, tone down, attenuate, dilute, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower; put an end to, put a stop to, take the edge off; informal kill; rare lenify. ANTONYMS aggravate. 2 her physical hunger could be quickly assuaged: satisfy, fulfil, gratify, appease, indulge, relieve, slake, sate, satiate, quench, quell, overcome, check, keep in check, dull, blunt, allay, take the edge off, diminish. ANTONYMS intensify.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

assuage

as suage /əswéɪdʒ /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく 文 ｠1 〈恐れ 不安 罪悪感など 〉を静める, 和らげる (ease ).2 〈食欲 欲望 渇きなど 〉を満たす (satisfy ).